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daiichi nuclear plant. the radiation and water they were exposed to reject 10,000 times the normal level. >> in the latest pictures to be released, the broken buildings where they were working. filmed by the japanese military, the capture the destruction done to #three. the fear now that there is more damage than previously thought. >> the source of the water seems to be the reactor core. another possibility is the spent fuel, and we cannot rule out the possibility either. >> there is no suggestion that radiation levels are rising in the areas around the plant, but in the contamination zone between 20 and 30 kilometers away, the thousands of people who stayed in their homes have been encouraged to leave voluntarily. the possibility of further damage to one of the reactors appears to be a major setback. the precise source of the radiation leak is a new priority for those struggling to bring the plant under control. speaking to the nation for the first time in a week, the prime minister urged the japanese peo
daiichi nuclear plant. the radiation and water they were exposed to reject 10,000 times the normal level. >> in the latest pictures to be released, the broken buildings where they were working. filmed by the japanese military, the capture the destruction done to #three. the fear now that there is more damage than previously thought. >> the source of the water seems to be the reactor core. another possibility is the spent fuel, and we cannot rule out the possibility either. >>...
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daiichi reactors were built to contain to withstand rather the impact of a significant tectonic event a problem in this case does not seem to be the structure of the reactor itself rather the fact that the for some reason the electricity supply provided by the backup generators that backup the usual generators failed and now these generators would be on site they would be very close to the reactor and i don't know what would cause them to fail other than the transmission lines to the reactor or the earthquake damaging the diesel generators and sells improvements can always be made and the new generations of light water reactors are certainly safe i would say on my mom of two minds about whether japan should have nuclear power in terms of current global environmentalists situation it's a better alternative than fossil fuels but of course given today there are significant dangers in a country such as a parent thank you very much. for your time christopher assignments from international christian university in tokyo hungry for the full story we've got it for us to the biggest issues get
daiichi reactors were built to contain to withstand rather the impact of a significant tectonic event a problem in this case does not seem to be the structure of the reactor itself rather the fact that the for some reason the electricity supply provided by the backup generators that backup the usual generators failed and now these generators would be on site they would be very close to the reactor and i don't know what would cause them to fail other than the transmission lines to the reactor or...
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and now the japanese government has expanded the voluntary evacuation zone around the fukushima daiichi plant from 12 miles to 19 miles. from tokyo, here's bill whitaker >> reporter: these are new pictures out today of fukushima daiichi reactor number three, the most severely damaged unit. an explosion three days into the crisis left the outer shell a tangled web. now there are growing concerns. could the explosion have cracked the reactor vessel itself, allowing radioactive water to leak out? >> we are sorry but we can't tell. but it has... it is one possibility. >> reporter: it's one possibility. >> one possibility. >> reporter: does that concern you? >> of course. >> reporter: what set off alarm bells? the men behind this tarp-- two workers from the plant now in a secure ride logical facility. they were rushed to a hospital yesterday with severe radiation burns on their feet and legs after stepping in water outside reactor three. the water had radiation levels 10,000 times higher than normal. still, officials urge calm. >> >> reporter: true or not, the government expanded the evacuat
and now the japanese government has expanded the voluntary evacuation zone around the fukushima daiichi plant from 12 miles to 19 miles. from tokyo, here's bill whitaker >> reporter: these are new pictures out today of fukushima daiichi reactor number three, the most severely damaged unit. an explosion three days into the crisis left the outer shell a tangled web. now there are growing concerns. could the explosion have cracked the reactor vessel itself, allowing radioactive water to leak...
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would hazard to guess that it's coming from fukushima daiichi number one now there are different types a great nation being released into the atmosphere good news is that a lot of the steam which exists in the explosion from daiichi reactor number one building yesterday is relatively light isotopes these isotopes cannot really cause long term damage to human health a more serious problem is that they have also detected isotopes of iodine and cesium in the area around the fukushima explosion these are much heavier isotopes and that means that if they get into the human body or if they get into the soil or the water supply they can cause long term radiation poisoning well do stay with us throughout the day for the latest developments in japan and you can also log on to our web site at all to go home. so you have some other news now forces loyal to colonel gadhafi a gaining momentum in the east have made international calls for him to step down libyan media reports say rebel groups have been driven out of several key oil terms paul asli as the latest from the region. looking state televis
would hazard to guess that it's coming from fukushima daiichi number one now there are different types a great nation being released into the atmosphere good news is that a lot of the steam which exists in the explosion from daiichi reactor number one building yesterday is relatively light isotopes these isotopes cannot really cause long term damage to human health a more serious problem is that they have also detected isotopes of iodine and cesium in the area around the fukushima explosion...
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would hazard to guess that it is coming from fukushima daiichi number one now there are different types of radiation being released into the atmosphere the good news is that a lot of the steam which exists in the explosion from daiichi reactor number one building yesterday is relatively light isotopes and these isotopes cannot really cause long term damage to human health and more serious problem is that they have also detected isotopes of iodine and cesium in the area around the fukushima explosion and these are much heavier isotopes and that means that if they get into the human body or if they get into the soil or the water supply they can cause long term radiation poisoning and wasco is pledging to stand shoulder to shoulder with tokyo during the crisis a plane carrying russian rescue workers is heading to japan with another due to take off from the country therese on monday and as election year is escapades next for tehran is no stranger to bailing with the nuclear threat facing japan having first hand experience of the world's worst atomic disaster during the soviet era. spare no
would hazard to guess that it is coming from fukushima daiichi number one now there are different types of radiation being released into the atmosphere the good news is that a lot of the steam which exists in the explosion from daiichi reactor number one building yesterday is relatively light isotopes and these isotopes cannot really cause long term damage to human health and more serious problem is that they have also detected isotopes of iodine and cesium in the area around the fukushima...
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. >>> radiation levels at the crippled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant reached new levels. officials said again this morning that they believe it's because of a partial meltdown of reactor 2. radiation is spreading into the ocean north of the plant. officials admit it may take years to clean up the fukushima complex. lucy craft reports. >> reporter: panic at the plant. false radiation readings 10 million times higher than normal sent emergency workers scrambling from the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant on sunday. a correction soon followed. as did the inevitable apology. "i'm sorry for causing so much alarm. the number was wrong" this tepco official says. "the real reading is still high, 100,000 times higher than normal, and came from a pool of water in unit two. two workers had to be hospitalized on thursday for burns, after stepping in similar pools of contaminated water. those pools are a problem in four of the complex's six reactors. primarily because no one knows what's causing them. top government officials suspect the seepage is from a cracked reactor core in one of
. >>> radiation levels at the crippled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant reached new levels. officials said again this morning that they believe it's because of a partial meltdown of reactor 2. radiation is spreading into the ocean north of the plant. officials admit it may take years to clean up the fukushima complex. lucy craft reports. >> reporter: panic at the plant. false radiation readings 10 million times higher than normal sent emergency workers scrambling from the...
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meanwhile, officials say three workers at fukushima daiichi plant have been exposed to radioactive elements and two have them have been sent to the hospital after being injured while laying electrical cables. today government workers will hand out 240,000 bottles of water to house holds with infants after the radiation level in tap water found to be two times higher than what is recommended for babies. >> eric: mike was telling us, today is when the real rain moves in. >> showers causing some of those problems but more is on the way. a little bit of quiet weather for your early morning commute. if you are heading out, streets are still wet from the showers during the overnight hours. that wall of water that you are going to see on live doppler 7 hd out to the west is not making it to ground. most of it. it's kind of hitting the lower clouds as they come ashore. i'm thinking about 6:00 to 7:00 is when we'll start to see rainfall and spread over the rest of our neighborhoods. let's go over all the advisories. your ban and small stream flood advisories, that means highways, streets, parking lo
meanwhile, officials say three workers at fukushima daiichi plant have been exposed to radioactive elements and two have them have been sent to the hospital after being injured while laying electrical cables. today government workers will hand out 240,000 bottles of water to house holds with infants after the radiation level in tap water found to be two times higher than what is recommended for babies. >> eric: mike was telling us, today is when the real rain moves in. >> showers...
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. >>> workers have discovered new pools of radioactive water leaking from the fukushima daiichi nuclear complex and preclude tone yim has been detected in soil outside the plant. tokyo officials say small amount of plutonium is not posing a rick but inside the plant they are pumplogy in water to cool overheated nuclear fuel rods. at the same time they are storing leaked water that has been contaminated. the water has been found in the dominates of several buildings and several other, dominates basements. >> while you were 6.3 quake struck off japan's main island. 6.3 not too far away from the monster quake early this month. >> to other news. president obama takes his case to military action on the road today. it will be part of a speech he gives later today in new york. last night he spoke to defend his choices and to announce that nato will take over the lead tomorrow. emily submit has more from washington. >> reporter: president obama said it was the right thing to do. >> the united states and the word faced a choice. gadhafi declared he would show no mercy to his own people. it was n
. >>> workers have discovered new pools of radioactive water leaking from the fukushima daiichi nuclear complex and preclude tone yim has been detected in soil outside the plant. tokyo officials say small amount of plutonium is not posing a rick but inside the plant they are pumplogy in water to cool overheated nuclear fuel rods. at the same time they are storing leaked water that has been contaminated. the water has been found in the dominates of several buildings and several other,...
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things are changing very quickly with regard to the evolving situation at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. while this committee does not have oversight on the safety of u.s. nuclear plants, we do have to consider how events such as those at fukushima affected the ability of our nation's nuclear freedom, 104 reactors, to supply electricity. of course, these 104 reactors currently account for about 20% of the electricity that we use and what the future of nuclear energy will be as part of our nation's energy banks. events at fukushima are changing by the our. they are serious, and we are watching those events unfold on the other side of the world. our knowledge at best is incomplete. as we look forward to these experts and forming a committee on what they see at the plant, how would impact our nation must existing fleet of reactors, and answer questions the committee members might have. before i introduce our two -- our first panel, we have four witnesses, two on this first panel and two on the second trip before i introduced the panel, let me call on senator murkowski for comme
things are changing very quickly with regard to the evolving situation at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. while this committee does not have oversight on the safety of u.s. nuclear plants, we do have to consider how events such as those at fukushima affected the ability of our nation's nuclear freedom, 104 reactors, to supply electricity. of course, these 104 reactors currently account for about 20% of the electricity that we use and what the future of nuclear energy will be as part...
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. >>> the president of the utility company that owns the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant has been hospitalized. he's being treated for high blood pressure and dizziness. he hasn't been seen in public for nearly two weeks. >>> also this morning, powerful and potentially dangerous storms are moving throughout the southeast. the weather system is producing heavy downpours. up to two inches an hour. flood watches are being posted in mississippi, and alabama. the storm produced strong winds, and possible tornado, and damaging hail as it moved through louisiana. >> never experienced hail like that before. it just beat everything to pieces. it knocked paint off my house. knocked holes in the wooden walls and broke windows. knocked the fence down. just a little bit. all kind of damage. my screen's all just tore to pieces. >> the storm is expected to move up the atlantic coast later today. >>> now for the battle over state budgets and workers' rights. the state house in ohio is expected to vote today on a measure that would limit the collective bargaining rights of state workers. the senat
. >>> the president of the utility company that owns the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant has been hospitalized. he's being treated for high blood pressure and dizziness. he hasn't been seen in public for nearly two weeks. >>> also this morning, powerful and potentially dangerous storms are moving throughout the southeast. the weather system is producing heavy downpours. up to two inches an hour. flood watches are being posted in mississippi, and alabama. the storm...
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well i think that we should teach each reactor site in order that the crisis fukushima daiichi one two and three reactors is very serious we've had it confirmed at the three reactors now operating i think you see much. one two and three are all suffering cool feel yours reactor one as you know part of it exploded yesterday liter during the night we got confirmation that reactor three had lost its cooling capacity and that led to the exposure of some of the nuclear fuel including plutonium ops fuel delivered from france ten years ago and only in the last hours we heard confirmation that unit two at fukushima dai ichi is also most suffering a cold feeling so we have three reactors on a site with six reactors half of them are effectively now scrapped and the question is what is happening to the fuel how much of it is malton or melted and it's continued to melt the japanese government recently in the last two hours have said these things going on the state is they're working on the basis that some of the fuel is continuing to melt and as you know the reporting that they're comping in seawa
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this morning we are learning more about the extent of the damage at japan's fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant, and the news is not good. japanese nuclear safety officials say the core of one of the reactors may have been breached. but it appears to be limited. now if that is true, uncontrolled quantities of radioactivity could have been released into the surrounding air and ground. the reactor in question is number 3. on march 14th, a powerful hydrogen explosion damaged the outer containment building. the reactor holds 170 tons of radioactive fuel in its core. work has been stopped at reactors 1 through 3 at the fukushima power plant. >>> it's now been two weeks since a massive earthquake and tsunami struck japan's northeastern coast. hundreds of thousands remain in temporary shelters, and there are shortages of food and water. the official death toll has surged past 10,000, and another 17,000 are still missing. charlie d'agata is in northeastern japan. charlie, what's the latest where you are? >> well, betty, the best news is the arrival of fresh, clean drinking water. comes from
this morning we are learning more about the extent of the damage at japan's fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant, and the news is not good. japanese nuclear safety officials say the core of one of the reactors may have been breached. but it appears to be limited. now if that is true, uncontrolled quantities of radioactivity could have been released into the surrounding air and ground. the reactor in question is number 3. on march 14th, a powerful hydrogen explosion damaged the outer...
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. >>> in japan more evidence that seems to point to a core meltdown at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power. highly toxic plutonium discovered outside the plant. lucy craft is in tokyo this morning with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the discovery of plutonium has further complicated the struggle to stabilize the damage in the power plant. workers have two tough tasks right now. they have to keep those reactors from overheating while, at the same time, draining away that dangerously radioactive water that is pooled at the facility. japanese officials say traces of highly toxic plutonium were found in the soil in five places at the fukushima daiichi power plant. three samples are from nuclear weapons testing decades ago and unrelated to the nuclear plant. safety officials insist the plutonium poses no immediate threat to humans. >> it's hard to imagine there would be serious health consequences from. >> reporter: the discovery supports suspicions that it is leaking from damaged fuel rods. together with the fact the water found outside is highly radioactive, i th
. >>> in japan more evidence that seems to point to a core meltdown at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power. highly toxic plutonium discovered outside the plant. lucy craft is in tokyo this morning with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the discovery of plutonium has further complicated the struggle to stabilize the damage in the power plant. workers have two tough tasks right now. they have to keep those reactors from overheating while, at the same time,...
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daiichi situation and the south coast of texas you know tokyo electric houston power they're only on the hook for seventy five million dollars and you know this is going to be seven and a half billion dollars in damage to begin with just the plants themselves of course the the damage the population will probably be about seventy five billion dollars i hope that we never thought of that and fortunately we are at a time greg palast investigative journalist joining us from new york. that's a day marks the international day against police brutality and event that's hardly on your radar screens of politicians or the mainstream media and we often do hear about police injustice in all those other countries with very little attention is focused on the growing problem right here in the united states and countless nameless nameless americans have suffered injustice at the hands of the police but is this just a blatant abuse of power or does it fall under the long trust to serve and protect now the resident dot net show host laurie harkin asked so that question to the streets of the big. march
daiichi situation and the south coast of texas you know tokyo electric houston power they're only on the hook for seventy five million dollars and you know this is going to be seven and a half billion dollars in damage to begin with just the plants themselves of course the the damage the population will probably be about seventy five billion dollars i hope that we never thought of that and fortunately we are at a time greg palast investigative journalist joining us from new york. that's a day...
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daiichi plant so dangerous in fact that our team has actually had to pull its crews out of the area while workers at the power plant and japanese authorities rush against the clock there's another agency that seems to be moving at a snail's pace and talking about the i.a.e.a. international atomic energy agency responsible for keeping tabs on all cases of peaceful use of nuclear power are g.'s arena reports on its role in the crisis which appears now to be pretty minor. i mean support radius levels in the capital could be. the norm people scramble to get away from. here in tokyo very soon to be left. at the epicenter of japan's nuclear disaster if the people remain struggling to keep the reactors under control but wait where is the international atomic energy agency the exponent of the peaceful use of nuclear power there here in japan arising four days after the first explosion at the nuclear plant the i.a.e.a. as well as a promoter of nuclear power whose job is not to necessarily be able to come to the rescue of failed attempts at maintaining quality design and and protecting the pu
daiichi plant so dangerous in fact that our team has actually had to pull its crews out of the area while workers at the power plant and japanese authorities rush against the clock there's another agency that seems to be moving at a snail's pace and talking about the i.a.e.a. international atomic energy agency responsible for keeping tabs on all cases of peaceful use of nuclear power are g.'s arena reports on its role in the crisis which appears now to be pretty minor. i mean support radius...
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meantime, officials at fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant say the situation is very grave after confirming highly toxic plutonium is seeping from the damaged reactor. tokyo officials say the amount of plutonium is small and doesn't pose a risk to the public health but it makes suspicions that dangerously radioactive water is leaking from fuel roads. >>> president obama will take his case on the road today. last night he spoke to the nation defending his choices and announcing that nato will take over the lead role. >>> president obama explaining the u.s. involvement in libya says it was the right thing to do. >> the united states and the world face a choice. gadhafi declared he would show no mercy to his own people. it was not in our national interests to let that happen. >> reporter: he says in ten days he stopped his advance without ground troops and with a full transfer of power to nato tomorrow. hours after the speech, hillary clinton arrived in london for an international conference about libya. but president obama says broadening the mission to include a regime change would be a mist
meantime, officials at fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant say the situation is very grave after confirming highly toxic plutonium is seeping from the damaged reactor. tokyo officials say the amount of plutonium is small and doesn't pose a risk to the public health but it makes suspicions that dangerously radioactive water is leaking from fuel roads. >>> president obama will take his case on the road today. last night he spoke to the nation defending his choices and announcing that...
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. >> japan is considering expanding the evacuation zone around the crippled fukushima daiichi plant. janelle wang is live in the newsroom with more. >> reporter: japan is proposing to expand the zone to 12 miles to at least 20 miles and they are saying for residents to evacuate. they are setting up a panel of experts as well as american military personnel to address this crisis. the death toll from the march 11th earthquake is now at 19,000. they are still recovering bodies but the process is slowed by the scale of the destruction and debris. high levels of radiation continue to be detected in the sea waters around the fukushima plant. experts say they have tested positive for some radioactive activity. they delayed the baseball season there. they are using their popularity to collect donations for victims. here in the u.s., they are helping people, including matsui and the oakland a's. they raised about $50,000. a red sox pitcher has given a million dollars to the red cross. mariner's star has done the same dedicating the first six games to japan's relief efforts. officials say the
. >> japan is considering expanding the evacuation zone around the crippled fukushima daiichi plant. janelle wang is live in the newsroom with more. >> reporter: japan is proposing to expand the zone to 12 miles to at least 20 miles and they are saying for residents to evacuate. they are setting up a panel of experts as well as american military personnel to address this crisis. the death toll from the march 11th earthquake is now at 19,000. they are still recovering bodies but the...
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they hooked up new power lines to all six reactors at the fukushima daiichi site. plans called for trying to restart the cooling system tomorrow, if all the equipment checks out. at the same time, japanese officials also warned that radiation has contaminated the water supply in a village 20 miles away. meanwhile, recovery efforts escalated across the stricken region. we have a report from alex thomson of independent television news. he's in sendai, the city that was closest to the quake's epicenter. >> reporter: it might not seem much to you, but believe me it's a huge step that you now can actually drive up the points at sendai airport's departure terminal. the united states marine corps will already be there to greet you, moving out cars, tree trunks, you name it, to make more space. and extraordinarily that really does seem to be a u.s. air force transport plane making final approach to landing. up on the roof this is the cc-tv camera. and this is the events registered and showed to the world just ten days ago. inundating everything around here of 10 feet for m
they hooked up new power lines to all six reactors at the fukushima daiichi site. plans called for trying to restart the cooling system tomorrow, if all the equipment checks out. at the same time, japanese officials also warned that radiation has contaminated the water supply in a village 20 miles away. meanwhile, recovery efforts escalated across the stricken region. we have a report from alex thomson of independent television news. he's in sendai, the city that was closest to the quake's...
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even so, the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant almost made it through, but almost is not good enough in this business. at its core, if you will, it's a >> at its core, it's very simple. the implementation of it becomes extremely complicated. >> reporter: as engineer and author jim mahaffey explains, a nuclear power plant runs on uranium 235-- pound for pound three million times more energetic than a gallon of gasoline. pellets of the radioactive element are stacked in long zirconium rods. when they are clustered in just the right way, atoms begin splitting in a chain reaction called fission, which boils water creating steam to spin huge turbine generators. >> there's nothing particularly safe about releasing a billion watts of energy in a concrete building. so, what you do is you force it to be safe by engineering. every complication in a nuclear plant is to make it so it won't kill you. >> reporter: when an earthquake hits, control rods that absorb neutrons automatically drop into the fuel cluster to stop the fission. that worked fine at fukushima. >> but even if you do shut down th
even so, the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant almost made it through, but almost is not good enough in this business. at its core, if you will, it's a >> at its core, it's very simple. the implementation of it becomes extremely complicated. >> reporter: as engineer and author jim mahaffey explains, a nuclear power plant runs on uranium 235-- pound for pound three million times more energetic than a gallon of gasoline. pellets of the radioactive element are stacked in long...
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meantime officials at fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant says the situation is very grave after confirming highly toxic preclude tomb yum is leaking from the reactor. they say plutonium is leaking from the reactor. but there is suspicions that dangerously radioactive water is leaking. >> walmart may find the face to face with a class action with a gender bias lawsuit. >> jane king joins us with this morning's money scope report. >> good morning. an argument scheduled in supreme court female workers accused you will walmart of passing over qualified females and promoting men to managerial positions. whether complaints filed by the workers should be bundled and given class action status which could end up being more than a million. latest on home prices and home price index home prices in san francisco falling almost 2% in the last year. it was little worse. so 3%. housing market still continues to struggle. and the only major city with housing gains. >> and here is how the markets are shaping up. a little lower and dow about 20 and s&p 500 down and. >> how do you notice that stores and groc
meantime officials at fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant says the situation is very grave after confirming highly toxic preclude tomb yum is leaking from the reactor. they say plutonium is leaking from the reactor. but there is suspicions that dangerously radioactive water is leaking. >> walmart may find the face to face with a class action with a gender bias lawsuit. >> jane king joins us with this morning's money scope report. >> good morning. an argument scheduled in...
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daiichi nuclear power plant. officials here are not sure why. it is one of four reactors at the facility that has suffered explosions or fires in the wake of last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami. workers are racing to connect a power cable in the hopes of restarting the cool system at the plant and averting a larger nuclear disaster. without pumps circulating cool water, the extremely hot spent fuel rods become exposed to the air and then release deadly radiation. even if power is restored, officials say there is no guarantee the cooling system will work again. while the system is down, japanese officials have turned to what seem almost desperate measures. chinook helicopters flew over the reactor. require sharing expertise and equipment and technology so that the courageous responders on the scene have the benefit of american team work and support. >> reporter: the u.s. has called for americans to evacuate in an area within a 50-mile radius of the nuclear plant. the first evacuees began arriving in tai
daiichi nuclear power plant. officials here are not sure why. it is one of four reactors at the facility that has suffered explosions or fires in the wake of last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami. workers are racing to connect a power cable in the hopes of restarting the cool system at the plant and averting a larger nuclear disaster. without pumps circulating cool water, the extremely hot spent fuel rods become exposed to the air and then release deadly radiation. even if power is...
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this morning, radiation levels on the fukushima daiichi plant at their highest levels yet. the japan's emperor met with families at evacuation center today. most from the fukushima area. lucy craft is in tokyo with more this morning. lucy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. japanese officials and the operator of the troubled fukushima nuclear plant today warned the country that japan is in for a long, hard struggle to get those reactors under control. today brought more bad news. wake three of the crisis and workers seem to have reached an impasse. while radioactive water in number one reactors turbine building is trained successfully, progress seems to have stalled at reactors number two and three. workers faced with a daunting and somewhat contradictory task. they must hose down the reactors so stave off overheating but the dousing is increasing the pools of dangerously radioactive water. the government says it's weighing unorthodoxed solutions such as covering the buildings with a special cloth to prevent radioactivity from venting into the air and storing radioact
this morning, radiation levels on the fukushima daiichi plant at their highest levels yet. the japan's emperor met with families at evacuation center today. most from the fukushima area. lucy craft is in tokyo with more this morning. lucy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. japanese officials and the operator of the troubled fukushima nuclear plant today warned the country that japan is in for a long, hard struggle to get those reactors under control. today brought more bad news....
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this all comes on a day when work resumed at fukushima daiichi plant just 24 hours after three workers suffered from radiation burns while attempting to replace a cable at one of the reactors. two remain in the hospital. the injures halted work at the plant yesterday but crews are back out at the plant, trying to cool the reactors. the death toll continues to rise from the quake and tsunami. we learned today from the japanese national police agency that more than 10,000 are now confirmed dead. more than 17,000 still missing. it has been two weeks since the quake hit and hope for any survivors is fading with every day. on the economic front, there is more fallout from the disasters in northeast japan. nissan is considering moving some of their production lines from japan to the u.s. they are the latest carmaker to announce changes to the production as a result of the quake. rob and peggy? >> a lot of people, when you say that, they're concerned, of course, about radiation contamination, also, is it spreading? what are you hearing right now? >> reporter: in terms of contamination with th
this all comes on a day when work resumed at fukushima daiichi plant just 24 hours after three workers suffered from radiation burns while attempting to replace a cable at one of the reactors. two remain in the hospital. the injures halted work at the plant yesterday but crews are back out at the plant, trying to cool the reactors. the death toll continues to rise from the quake and tsunami. we learned today from the japanese national police agency that more than 10,000 are now confirmed dead....
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meantime two workers at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant had to be treated for exposure to high radiation today. >>> in libya allied air strikes continue to strike libyan ground forces. french jets hit an air base. rebel fighters are trying to maintain control but they apparently have lost control of misrata. the u.s. wants to relinquish control of the no fly operations but nato dant agree on the details. >>> dramatic video of anti-government protests in syria. this was video taken by demonstrator yesterday. syrian police open fire. witnesses say at least four people were killed. in the past week a total of 22 people have died. >>> severe weather in pennsylvania yesterday. a possible tornado in hempfield destroyed about 30 homes there. that storm knocked out electric power but most service has been restored. >>> in detroit, a scary bomb incident. a security guard at the mcnamara building in detroit found a suspicious package in late february and brought it to lost and found. it sat there for three weeks before someone thought maybe it should be screened and it turns out it was a bomb. tha
meantime two workers at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant had to be treated for exposure to high radiation today. >>> in libya allied air strikes continue to strike libyan ground forces. french jets hit an air base. rebel fighters are trying to maintain control but they apparently have lost control of misrata. the u.s. wants to relinquish control of the no fly operations but nato dant agree on the details. >>> dramatic video of anti-government protests in syria. this was...
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. >> a possible core breach at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant in japan. the reactor is number three which suffered an explosion on march 14th, strong enough on severely damage its outer containment building. pthat rocket oar holds 170 tons of radioactive fuel in its core. two workers waded into water and suffered severe skin burns. >>> as arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords recovers from her gunshot wound her husband says she may be read to take a big step, one that would help her watch him go back into orbit. cbs news correspondent don teague has the story. >> reporter: when astronaut mark kelly blasts into space on his final shuttle mission, as commander of the space shuttle "endeavour" next month his wife congresswoman gabrielle giffords may very well watch the launch in person if. >> i've said on a few occasions i'd like her to attend the launch and i think a pretty good chance that is going to happen. just awaiting final approval from her doctors. >> reporter: for now giffords in a houston rehabilitation center recovering from a gunshot wound to
. >> a possible core breach at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant in japan. the reactor is number three which suffered an explosion on march 14th, strong enough on severely damage its outer containment building. pthat rocket oar holds 170 tons of radioactive fuel in its core. two workers waded into water and suffered severe skin burns. >>> as arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords recovers from her gunshot wound her husband says she may be read to take a big step, one...
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workers returned to fix those troubled nuclear reactors at fukushima daiichi plant today after they determined black smoke had stopped coming out of reactor three. you may recall that smoke prompted workers to evacuate the area yesterday. we still don't know exactly what caused that but we do know tokyo electric is back to trying to revive that cooling system at the third reactor to cool the reactor's core. that's important because overheating would cause the uranium to melt and further release radioactive material into the air. and until they can get that system working, it is back to spraying the reactor from the ground. we have just learned because radiation levels found inside tokyo tap water have dropped, the restriction on water consumption has been lifted. you'll remember yesterday we were talking about radioactive iodine found inside tokyo tap water was twice the level considered safe for infants. the good news is, levels have dropped since officials have been quick to point out radiation found did not pose a health risk to adults. but that has done little to ease concerns out here. th
workers returned to fix those troubled nuclear reactors at fukushima daiichi plant today after they determined black smoke had stopped coming out of reactor three. you may recall that smoke prompted workers to evacuate the area yesterday. we still don't know exactly what caused that but we do know tokyo electric is back to trying to revive that cooling system at the third reactor to cool the reactor's core. that's important because overheating would cause the uranium to melt and further release...
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workers were evacuated from the crippled fukushima daiichi power plant overnight after smoke was spotted rising from a reactor again. meantime officials say the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami could top 18,000 and estimate that it could take five years and $235 billion to rebuild the ravaged northeast of japan. >>> president obama is directing u.s. military action against libyale while continuing his trade mission to south america. a national security team accompanied him in brazil sunday where he played soccer with children from a violence-ravaged slum. today in chile he's holding his first news conference to answer questions about the libya assault. >>> a woman accused of running away to africa after four children died in a fire at her houston day care center returns to the u.s. today. 22-year-old jessica tata s surrendered and faces manslaughter charges. last month's fire broke out while she left the children alone to go shopping. $19 million was the limit at the box office this weekend for number one thriller "limitless" starring bradley cooper. "rango" was second and "bat
workers were evacuated from the crippled fukushima daiichi power plant overnight after smoke was spotted rising from a reactor again. meantime officials say the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami could top 18,000 and estimate that it could take five years and $235 billion to rebuild the ravaged northeast of japan. >>> president obama is directing u.s. military action against libyale while continuing his trade mission to south america. a national security team accompanied him in...